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Patent GB-190615474-A (GB)
Title: Thermopiles.
Inventor: ALEXANDER HENRY
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 15,474. Alexander, H. Aug. 29, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Thermo-electric batteries have their elements insulated from each other by a fire-proof insulating- material. The whole pile forms a flue or air-tight mantle and lateral air draughts , are obviated. Z-shaped bars a, Fig. 1, are arranged vertically, their ends c, c' constituting the junctions d, e. The strips a are separated by layers f of insulating fire proof material, e.g. asbestos paper. The insulating-layers f may stand out on the outside, as well as above and below the pile, or they may be made shorter and narrower.. The pile may be circular, semicircular, rectilineal, or box shaped.
Patent GB-190624051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Screw Keys.
Inventor: STEINKLAUBER KARL
Filed: 1906-10-29
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 24,051. Steinklauber, K. Oct. 29. Spanners; handles. - In a quick - adjustment spanner, the loose jaw 2 is made to slide freely over the rectangular-shaped shank of the fixed jaw, and is locked in a n y position by a slight rocking g action. The handle is made hollow to contain any tool or instrument, such as a screwdriver. The loose jaw is prevented from falling off by a screw 3.
Patent GB-190624280-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for use in Packing Mantles for Incandescent Lighting.
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 24,280. Curtis's & Harvey, and Smith, C. L. W. Oct. 31. Boxes for incandescent gas mantles; fittings, internal.-A device for suspending incandescent mantles inside a case d, Fig. 4, comprises a body a, Fig. 1, provided at one end with fingers b, c to engage the side of the case and at the other with a hook c<1> to engage the loop of the mantle.
Patent GB-190625134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vices.
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 25,134. Steel Nut & J. Hampton, Ltd., and Hampton, T. Nov. 8. Vices. - Quick - adjustment parallel vices have one or more pairs of rollers d for the flanges a3 of the movable-jaw slide a<2> to run upon, a detachable boxlike guide l for the half-nut k, the guide having a hole for the notched projection k<2> of the half-nut to pass through, and a helical spring p connected to an arm n<3> on the lever bar n and to a fixed eye a' on the movable jaw. The slide a<2> has lubricating-holes a' for the screw c. The rollers d are carried by the enlarged heads e<2> of screwed spindles e which are adjustable in slots in lugs on the body b<2> of the fixed jaw. The spindles are locked by nuts g, h and are supported on their undersides by set-screws i. The box like guide l is fixed. by screws m to flanges on the body b<2>. One side of the lever bar n engages a lip o on the guide l, and the other side engages the notch in the projection k<2>. The lever bar n is retained in its normal position by the spring p and is operated by a handle n<2>.
Patent GB-190626812-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Utilizing the Force of the Waves of the Sea.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-11-26
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 26,812. Boult, A. J., [Morice, P.]. Nov. 26. Wave mills.-Cylinders C<1> ... C<4> are supported by screwed rods F, F<1> attached to a platform A, and their pistons D<1> ... D' are actuated by the waves. Ropes E', attached to the pistons, pass over pulleys J, thus rotating them and their shafts j, which actuate rods k of air-compressors K, Fig. 2. The rods F, F<1> and the attached cylinders are adjusted to the state of the tide by mechanism arranged as follows. A piston L', Fig. 3, rises and falls with the tides in a well L, which is free from wave action, and to the ends of its piston-rod l is attached an endless rope M which passes over a number of pulleys. The rope M, which under the influence of the tide operates a parallel motion, puts the ratchet parts of the clutch P into or out of gear with the free bevel-wheels on the shaft j rotating the shaft q. This motion is communicated through sprocketwheels and chain mechanism to the shaft h, and through worms G<1> and nuts G an up or down movement is imparted to the rods F, F<1>. The piston-rods E have a screwed upper end E<3>, Fig. 7, adapted to screw into or out of the female screw s<1>, which is rotated through the sprocket-wheels S, S<1> and a chain; the rods are thereby lengthened or shortened as the cylinders and tide falls or rises. To prevent too great an air cushion beneath the pistons, valves such as V are fitted and can be opened from above. The pistons and rods are counterbalanced by a weight e hung from an upper beam B.
Patent GB-190702116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Front Stop and Gripper Operating Mechanism for Printing Machines
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 2116. Newton, P. A., [Hoe, R.]. Jan. 28. Feeding sheets; cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces; delivery apparatus.-Relates to sheet feeding, taking, and delivering devices in connexion with the cylinders of two-revolution cylinder and other printing - machines. Fig. 1 shows a two-revolution machine in which the sheets are fed against a front stop consisting of a series of fingers 7 adjustably carried on a bracket 8 capable of rocking about a shaft 9 when operated by a cam 18 and a roller 22 adjustably mounted in an arm 20. The front stop is quickly raised for a short period only by giving the cam 18 an intermittent rotary movement. The face of the cam is provided with grooved arms 28 into which engage studs 29 on a driving-disk 30 secured on the machine frame by a link 35 connected to a crank 34 on the shaft of the cylinder 1. Ribs 39 on the disk enter between pairs of studs 38 on the arms 28 and prevent rotation of the cam at the proper intervals. The raising of the stop may be timed to occur when the cam is rotating most quickly. The sheet-taking grippers 13 are operated, as usual, by a tumbler block 15, and a pair of sliding pins 40 ; the pins, however, are operated by a lever 44, pivoted at 45 and rocked by a stud 47 engaging a cam-groove in the hub of the cam 18. The lever 44 may also operate a series of shoofly fingers 16. The sheet may be directed between delivery rollers 60, 61 by means of switches 55 operated by an arm 57 and a cam 59 on the hub of the cam 18. A sheet -propelling roller 62, governed by an arm 65 and a cam 67 on the arm 57, may also be provided.
Patent GB-190702755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches.
Inventor: MORRIS FRANKLIN PIERCE
IPC: B25B7/02
Filed: 1907-02-04
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 2755. Morris, F. P. Feb. 4. Wrenches of the alligator type have means whereby the inclined toothed jaws 7, 13 automatically adjust themselves to suit the size of the body to be gripped. Two jaw handles 5, 6 have recesses 11, 9 respectively, and are pivotally half-lapped together by a headed stud 14. The recess 9 is inclined to the axis of the handle 6 and has portions A at right-angles to the axis, as shown in Fig. 3. The handle 5 has a lateral inclined portion 10, in which is formed the recess 11 and a slot 12 for the stud 14, as shown in Fig. 4. When the sides of the portion 10 are in contact with the portions A, the jaws are inclined to each other, and movement of the rearward ends of the handles towards each other reduces the angle between the jaws and adapts the wrench for use in connexion with smaller bodies. The slot 12 allows the jaws 7, 13 to be brought towards and away from each other for further adjustment.
Patent GB-190704409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Maps.
Inventor: BURNABY ARTHUR ST VINCENT
Filed: 1907-02-22
Granted: 1908-02-22
Abstract: 4409. Burnaby, A. St. V. Feb. 22. Advertising.-Relates to a combined advertising and directory apparatus for towns &c. of the kind described in Specification No. 17,289, A.D. 1906, and consists of a series of like maps. plans, &c., each devoted to a particular section of information, for example hotels, shops, amusements, doctors' houses, &c., combined with a reference index. Distinctive symbols, colours, numerals, &c. give additional informations regarding the maps. In one form, Fig. 1, the apparatus consists of a casing a, the upper half of wbich is transparent, containing a series of maps b pivoted one behind the,other. To be viewed, the maps are adapted to be swung into the position b<1> by a handle b<2> attached to a sliding boss, which is arranged so that it can be connected to any map in turn. A series of leaves carrying an index to the maps are pivoted in a casing p having a transparent portion p'. In other arrangements the maps are mounted on a series of leaves pivoted either vertically, Fig. 11, or horizontally, Fig. 15. Information relating to the maps may be attached to the back of the leaves, for example the leaves may consist of frames k<1>, Fig. 16, having detachable gauze plates k<2> bearing the maps attached on one side, and index plates k<5> attached to the cross bars k<3> on the other side. The maps may also be arranged on a web mounted upon rollers, as shown in Fig. 7. The web d' passes from the rollers d' around guide rollers d', and is operated by handles d', through gearing d<5>.Each handle d<4> is connected to its driving-spindle through a spring clutch, and is thus adapted to wind one way only. When the rollers are mounted horizontally, Fig. 10, the web is moved upward by a weight e<1> on a cord e<2> passing over a drum e<3>. According to the Provisional Specification, detachable symbols may be attached to the maps, the index may be arranged on a series of vertical plates, the transparent face of the apparatus may have index numerals &c. thereon, and, in the pivoted arrangement described in connexion with Fig. 1, each map may be mounted on a separate spindle, and more than one map may be arranged on a common mounting so that they are brought into View together.
Patent GB-190705451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Key Actions for Musical Instruments.
Inventor: KIESSIG BERNHARD ROBERT
Filed: 1907-03-06
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 5451. Kiessig, B. R. March 6. Pianofortes. - A k e y action in which the hammer is positively connected to the key y is shown in Fig. 2. The key-levers c<1> and hammers i, which are preferably of stamped metal, are connected by stiff metal links e with flat bearing-surfaces. The key-levers are guided by slots in a bar a and have pins c<2> resting in a cross slot a'. The hammers are mounted on a rod j by means of eyelets or bushings k, Fig. 4. Dampers f and hammer stops h are carried by the key-levers, which are controlled by springs d and adjustable stops b<1>. The links e are pivoted to the hammers close to the bar j. The necessary overthrow is permitted by the freedom of the key-levers to rise from their fulcra and also by slight looseness of the joints. The action is adapted for small pianofortes, such as can be placed on tables.
Patent GB-190705948-A (GB)
Title: Puzzle-ring.
Inventor: FROESE ODONEL
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 5948. Fr÷se, O., and Schapals, D. March 12. No Potent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Puzzles.-Relates to puzzle finger-rings. Four rings b, c, d, e, Fig. 1, provided with stones f, h and bends f<1>, g, are interlaced with one another as shown ; by suitably manipulating them, they are caused to lie side by side to form a single ring, as shown in Fig. 3. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 13,328, A.D. 1890.]
Patent GB-190713742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Sharpening Spiral Knives used in Leather Working and like Machines.
Inventor: SHETTLER GUSTAV ADOLPHUS
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 13,742. Shettler, G. A. June 14. Sharpening.-The spiral knives used in leatherworking machinery are sharpened by an emery wheel adapted to be raised and lowered and to be displaced in an horizontal circle while in motion. A vertical spindle g is slidably supported in a bushing f and is rotated by bevel-gearing e, f ; it carries at its lower end a worm-wheel k<1>, enclosed in a dust and oil proof casing i. The spindle g is supported by collars g<1> in a bracket h which can be adjusted vertically on a slide a<2> by a screwed rod l and band-wheel l<1>. The bracket h is provided with a circular flange h<1> carrying a casing i ; in bearings on this casing is held a worm i<1> which engages with a worm-wheel k<1>. The emery wheel j is mounted on the worm spindle, and a hardened steel centre is provided to take up the thrust on the spindle. The cylinder carrying the knives p* is mounted on rollers in a frame p which can be traversed on rollers p' running on rails r parallel to its axis, the rails being mounted on trestles a which can be withdrawn on rollers t. A treadle m, the arm m<1> of which engages the rod l, is provided to raise the emery wheel to enable it to be transferred from one blade to another.
Patent GB-190716591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pistons.
Inventor: ALLEND ROBERT
Filed: 1907-07-19
Granted: 1908-07-20
Abstract: 16,591. Allen, R. July 19. Pistons.- I segmental packing - ring for the piston of a steam-engine, gas engine, or compressor or other piston for use with gases or liquids, consists of two rings a, a<1>, Figs. 2 and 9, which are separately expanded by wedges d acting radially, and aie formed with inclined contacting surfaces, in order that they may exert an axial action on one another, and in order to prevent undue compression of the packing ring. The wearing-ring a is undercut to receive a flange on the ring a', and the corresponding wedges are similarly formed. The shank of each wedge is formed hollow to receive a spring g, and a semicircular portion of the shank extends upwards and forms a cover for the joint. In a modified packing adapted for use when the packing-rings are not liable to external pressure, both rings a, a' present wearing- surfaces, and they are not formed with a flange and groove engagement. In a gas-engine piston, the piston is formed with cooling passages or spaces surrounding the sockets of the wedges d.
Patent GB-190716664-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Food Product capable of being used as a Beverage, and Process for Preparing same.
Inventor: CAVERHILL JOHN ADDINGTON
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 16,664. Caverhill, J. A. July 20. Cocoa substitutes; coffee substitutes.-A food product, which is adapted for use as a substitute for coffee or cocoa for making a beverage, is prepared from barley or other cereal which has been steeped, germinated, and dried, as described in Specification No. 26,002, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Grain &c.], by admixture with fig, mulberry, or like fruit pulp. if intended for use as a food, the dried, germinated barley is hulled, flaked, mixed with iruit pulp, and dried in an oven. If intended for use in making a beverage, the grain is hulled and sliced, and, after admixture with fruit pulp, is roasted and browned.
Patent GB-190717785-A (GB)
Title: A Constant-temperature Douche or Irrigator.
Filed: 1907-08-03
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 17,785. Du Plantier, E. de N. Aug. 4, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Water-heaters; air supply, regulating.-A surgical douche or irrigator is provided with heating means so that a douche of constant temperature may be obtained. The vessel 1, Fig. 2, is provided with a central flue 4, at the base of which is placed a grate 6 to support a slow-burning fuel block. A water gauge 8 and thermometer 7 are 'provided, and the rate of combustion of the fuel is controlled by pivoted damper plates 9, the distance between which may be regulated from the outside. The water is drawn off through pipes 12, Fig. 3, leading to the cock 13 and thence to a flexible tube to which the douche tube is attached. The vessel is provided with handles and also with trunnions 17, Fig. 5, so that it may be mounted on an adjustable stand 19. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 describes also a modification in which only one draw-off pipe is used, and the pivoted damper plates are replaced by a single sliding plate 21, Fig. 7, formed with a circular depression 22 to receive ash falling from the grate. It is also stated that the vessel may be heated by gas in place of the fuel block. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190718307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tire Rolling Mills
Inventor: LOSS HENRIK VILHELM VON ZERNIC
Filed: 1907-08-13
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 18,307. Loss, H. V. von Z. Aug. 13. Rolling.-In a mill for rolling locomotive &c. tyres, a pair of conical edge rolls 69, 70 are used, one 69 of which, along with the external roll 40, is driven from a shaft 44, the rolls 69, 70 being moved towards or from the roll 40, 59 and the guide-rolls 101, 129 simultaneously adjusted by an electric motor 91. The roll spindle 41 is mounted in the frame 92 and in a plate 45 adjustable on another plate 46 connected with the frame, adjustment for wear being effected by wedges 57,58. The carriage 61 supporting the roll 59 is adjusted on guides 90 by means of hydraulic cylinders 65, 67. A cup 49, pulled down over the roll 40 by a cylinder 52 against the action of a weight 55, prevents the tyre 39 from jumping up. The rolls 69,70 are of such conicity that their vertices lie on the axis of the finished tyre. The upper one 70 is loose on its shaft 73, which is trunnioned at 77 and adjusted by cylinders 74, 78 and screws 87. The roll carriage 72 is operated by screws 98, which, by means of skew and spur gearing 112, 111, 109 and screws 107, simultaneously slide the roller carriages 100 on the guides 99. The roller carriages 130 are moved along guides 131 by means of levers 126, trunnion blocks 125, a screw 123, and gearing 122, 121, 120, 119, 94, 93. The connexion between the wheel 94 and the sleeve 133 is one which will give way under excessive strain, as are also the connexions tetween the gears 96 and the shaft 95. The sleeve 133 can be clutched to the shaft 95 at 136 by a hand - controlled clutch. The guideroll pivots are secured axially and against rotation by caps 139.
Patent GB-190719290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Crank Linkages.
Inventor: BAIER XAVER
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 19,290. Baier, X. Aug 27. Crank linkages ; converting reciprocating into rotary motion.-In a crank linkage for converting reciprocating into rotary motion, the reciprocating rod &c. is coupled to the lower end l of a swinging lever a which drives the shaft w through the crank m, a counterweight g being provided. In order to obtain the effect of a lengthened lever, the upper end of the swinging lever a, instead of being constrained by a pin-andslot &c. device, is moved, to a reduced extent, in the same direction as the lower end l, by means of a link k pivoted to a slide block s, which is in turn connected though a link i to a lever b pivoted to the frame at f and rocked by a second crank e upon the shaft w, arranged as shown. According to the Provisional Specification, the links i, k are pivoted to a pivoted arm instead of to the slide block s.
Patent GB-190726100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stentering Machines for Stretching or Finishing Textile Fabrics.
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 26,100. Stewart & Co., D., and Laurie, D. Nov. 26. Universal joints; bevel gearing; mounting wheels on shafts.-In a swissing-machine, to enable the action to take place smoothly and regularly, the swissing-shaft A has at each end a pinion B, which is movable along the shaft and is held in its normal position by springs G. The pinion B is enclosed in a hollow sleeve D provided with internal teeth E in gear with the teeth on the pinion B. The teeth on the pinion are broader than those on the sleeve, or vice versa, and either or both sets of teeth are curved longitudinally. A bevel-wheel P on the sleeve D drives a bevel-wheel Q on a sleeve R, to which the chain-wheel.U is secured.
Patent GB-190802307-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Sterilising Potable Water by Ozone.
Inventor: BOUILLANNE ALBERT DE
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 2 3 0 7. Bouillanne, A. de. Feb. 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Spray -producers.- Water to be sterilized and aerated is sprayed upwards with a gyratory motion by a sprayer consisting of a cylinder n which has a cover o with an orifice p widening conically from the centre and to which the water is admitted by a passage q slanting vertically and horizontally.
Patent GB-190812580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating Current Motors of the Commutator Type.
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 12,580. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 11. Motors, alternating-current; sparking, preventing. -To improve the commutation of a motor of the repulsion type having an inducing-winding C, Fig. 1, and an exciting-winding D on the stator, the brushes B are connected to taps c<1> on the indacing-winding near its centre so that the armature is short-circuited on the line of magnetization of the inducing-winding through the central portion of the latter. The motor may be reversed by changing the relative connexions of the inducing and exciting windings by means of a switch E. The pitch of the armature coils a should preferably correspond to the portion of the stator covered by the inducing-winding. More than two taps may be brought out from the inducing- winding so that the number of turns included in the armature circuit may be varied. To further improve the commutation, the ends of the teeth of a portion of the stator laminations F, Fig. 4, opposite to the armature coils undergoing commutation may be cut off so as to increase the air-gap at those places. A diagrammatic development of the stator winding of a four-pole machine is also given in the Specification.
Patent GB-190815169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Puncture Preventing Bands more especially applicable to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-07-17
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 15,169. Walker, A. F., and Gilles, J. July 17. Tyres, pneumatic.-A puncture preventing band consists of a series of overlapping plates a of steel or other resilient material, alternate plates being widened so as to form clips c which connect the plates together. This band is covered with two strips of canvas which may have a lining of rubber to form a bed around the plates. The band may be incorporated with the cover or air-tube.